Need to sell domain to expedia. How?

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if you have names in cctld's, that match another's "brand" and you have hopes of selling it to them... then may as well shoot yourself in the butt with a dart gun to make another hole in your ass.


cuz that's what they'll be callin you, if you contact them with that criz-zap


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biggie said:

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if you have names in cctld's, that match another's "brand" and you have hopes of selling it to them... then may as well shoot yourself in the butt with a dart gun to make another hole in your ass.


cuz that's what they'll be callin you, if you contact them with that criz-zap


imo...

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Too funny biggie.

biggie is right, the squatter alarms go off with that type of tactic.

npro3 said:

Too funny biggie.

biggie is right, the squatter alarms go off with that type of tactic.

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biggie said:

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if you have names in cctld's, that match another's "brand" and you have hopes of selling it to them... then may as well shoot yourself in the butt with a dart gun to make another hole in your ass.


cuz that's what they'll be callin you, if you contact them with that criz-zap


imo...

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Funny. Both of you purposefully missed the word generic in my post.
Memo to you: you cannot trademark generic names, and if you look at the sites Expedia owns, you'll know which ones.

Thanks to your knee-jerking, your contribution to the thread is less than zero . They will not be calling me, unless they want to buy the name. I don't register trademarks to sell and no one owns descriptive and generic words.

I have 2 generic cctld names that match 2 of Expedia brands

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No need to be cross with the other posters; I find your statement very confusing too. You say they're 'generic', yet also that they 'match Expedia brands', two statements that directly oppose each other.

If you explain what you mean by the names being generic but matching brands, maybe we could say something more appropriate.

As for the rest, sorry but the phrasing struck me as funny, you 'need to sell to Expedia', ha ha. Just like me having some domain having to do with a generic term like 'BestSearchEngine.com' and saying 'hey, I need to sell this to Google, how do I do that'.

All you can do is email them like you'd email any end user, and offer them the name. Ask the person you contact to 'please forward this to the correct department that considers buying domain names for your brand'.

Chances are you'll never hear back and will never sell to Expedia; but no harm in trying (as long as your domain is truly generic and not derivative of their brand).

GL

nothere said:

Memo to you: you cannot trademark generic names
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This statement is false. The most common example cited every time this topic comes up is Apple.

But to answer your question, if you feel you have domains that would be of use to a big company, I'd suggest wait for them to come to you then you approaching them.

A domain doesn't have to be a registered trademark to make a squatting claim. Just you approaching them in this instance is probably enough.

Here their brands, Hotels and Car Rentals would hopefully be what your talking about. My guess is they dont need your names would rather you build a site and be an afiliate. Goodluck

Expedia.com®
Hotels.com®
Egencia™
Hotwire.com®
CarRentals.com™
eLong, Inc.
Venere.com™
Classic Vacations®
Expedia Local Expert®
Expedia® CruiseShip Centers

I can understand the responses that the OP has received, but he may be very correct in that he has every right to own these domains and sell them to Expedia.

Two of their brands are Hotels.com and CarRentals.com

Apple was branded in an unrelated field to their common use. CarRentals and Hotels.com are branded and used exactly as their generic terms are meant to be used. All of that being said, contacting them to sell the names probably isn't the best idea. I'd recommend holding out for an inbound inquiry or selling to a different buyer. Just my personal opinion.. not a lawyer of any kind.

keep this in mind. they don't need every or any cctld's.

Jasonn said:

keep this in mind. they don't need every or any cctld's.

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Good point for sure.

@johname - thanks for posting the list. Didn't know that Hotwire was theirs too.

Bannen said:

You say they're 'generic', yet also that they 'match Expedia brands', two statements that directly oppose each other.

ha ha. Just like me having some domain having to do with a generic term like 'BestSearchEngine.com' and saying 'hey, I need to sell this to Google, how do I do that'.

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anyway. If Google was instead search.com and I had search.ge, and they wanted to enter the Georgian market or used search.com/ge what's the problem? Google does not own the word search. Even if they managed to get an extremely weak trademark for Search.com, Search.ge would be very different.

RazorNF said:

This statement is false. The most common example cited every time this topic comes up is Apple.

A domain doesn't have to be a registered trademark to make a squatting claim. Just you approaching them in this instance is probably enough.

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Apple sells computer and iPhones, not apples, that is why they have a trademark. The names are very descriptive in nature.

There is absolutely no squatting claim to be made! They do not own those words, not even in the USA, let alone worldwide. Otherwise everyone would be infringing them. That's the risk you take with generic names.

m-i-k-e said:

All of that being said, contacting them to sell the names probably isn't the best idea. I'd recommend holding out for an inbound inquiry or selling to a different buyer. Just my personal opinion.. not a lawyer of any kind.

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I'll make way more by being an affiliate over a few years, and I will probably hold them for good.

Jasonn said:

keep this in mind. they don't need every or any cctld's.

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True, but if I were Big Corp, I would buy them all and for a relatively small price have a peace of mind and prevent future competitors from having them.

Thanks guys, better discussions this time around.

Here is my advice:
buying domain names in the hope to resell them is tough in general, especially when you are dabbling in oddball extensions or when there is only one obvious end user.

The big brands like Expedia have their names registered in myriads of TLDs and often use global registrars like Markmonitor or MelbourneIT, that also perform proactive trademark monitoring on their behalf. If these names are still available it's usually because:

• they are redundant and not needed for their branding efforts or day to day operations
• they have specific restrictions
• they relate to a territory that is not covered by Expedia, or that only provides for a marginal portion of their revenue

sdsinc said:

The big brands like Expedia have their names registered in myriads of TLDs and often use global registrars like Markmonitor or MelbourneIT, that also perform proactive trademark monitoring on their behalf. If these names are still available it's usually because...

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Markmonitor registers in that cctld extension as well. In general, you are right but you are wrong here. I registered the names I wanted first because I knew the country and jumped in on the opp days after it became available, Markmonitor and Marcaria were very late.

Believe it or not, I did not register them to sell them to Expedia or anyone, the names were registered many years ago. I registered them because of their generic name value and to do an affiliate site and make $10 today, $45 tomorrow and $14 the day after. I'll probably stick to that now, a site I can milk all the time.

If I wanted to, I could have registered all their and many other trademarks, but I registered plenty of top generic names. Once the list of names is seen, it's obvious to anyone why they were registered.

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Believe it or not, I did not register them to sell them to Expedia or anyone

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OK. But that's not what the title of your thread suggested: "Need to sell domain to expedia".

Now if the TLD is truly exotic, even generic domains may be next to worthless. Care to share ?

sdsinc said:

OK. But that's not what the title of your thread suggested: "Need to sell domain to expedia".

Now if the TLD is truly exotic, even generic domains may be next to worthless. Care to share ?

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The title is what it is now . I meant to ask for contacts since Expedia might be the most sensical buyer. Frankly, this week I learned that they own those sites as I was going through a list of my names I could sell to finance something else. But anyone with some affiliate and design skills can be the buyer, since the names are extremely generic. Expedia or anyone else has zero rights over those name, unless they buy them.

The tld is pretty good, the country is a decent tourist destination, or enough to invest on a site /name. Not even close to .com but then no one is expecting $50 million from selling them.

Listing the names in question would make this debate much easier, and maybe give you the answers you were looking for originally.

Your saying that they are "generic", but opinions can't be given without sharing the names.

njsurfer77 said:

Listing the names in question would make this debate much easier, and maybe give you the answers you were looking for originally.

Your saying that they are "generic", but opinions can't be given without sharing the names.

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The original question was about any decision making contact at Expedia. I rather not list the names, but I'm 100% sure they are generic, as generic as Pharmacies to list local pharmacies and would pass any lie detector test on why I registered them. Not that it would that far of course, just saying

Nice Post ..... All you guys have provided very important information. Thanks a lot...

For the record I sent the email after a phone call. Not to the decision maker but to a person that promised to forward it to the people in charge, No sale or reply yet though